Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"The Abenakis believed that the lands were there to share, and to hunt on, as needed to live but the English wanted to own it and keep anyone off that…"

Historic Hallowell - Meeting at Koussinok

"… harvests, hoping to establish trade with the Abenaki people. About 40 miles from the ocean, when they reached the last point of navigation on the…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook

"… called Bombahook by its original occupants, the Abenaki Indians. Another belief is that Sheppard's Point at the end of the stream is shaped like…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… our region of Maine was home to members of the Abenaki tribe, who, together with the Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Mi’kmaq and Penobscot Indians, were…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 1 of 5

"… in the Proprietor Records Essay by Lisa Brooks (Abenaki), Fall 2022 Lisa Brooks (Missisquoi Abenaki) Henry S."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"*Today, Wabanakis are divided into the Abenaki, Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot. We think it hard that you settle the lands that God…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 4 of 5

"… Copy, account regarding deed from Abenaki Sagamores to Richard Wharton, 1684Maine Historical Society The protection of these relationships to…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(N) Ghere, David L. "Myths and methods in Abenaki demography: Abenaki population recovery, 1725-1750." Ethnohistory 44.3 (1997): 511-534."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"Wabanaki/Abenaki, or "People of the Dawn", is the generic term for Maine tribes, and usage dates from the 18th century."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"Maine’s Native Americans, the Abenakis, had been decimated by European disease. The original charter of Blue Hill stipulated that shares of land were…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"… attack in 1724 on the traditionally inhabited Abenaki village by American militia men. For Wabanaki people, these river systems represent the…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… was on this piece of land that the Norridgewock Abenakis established a village. The Native Americans of this tribe had for generations past roamed…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… for traveling bands of Indians, including the Abenaki tribe of Algonquins. Over the centuries, the Kennebec Valley served as a natural corridor…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… Mentos guys Native Americans—in this case the Abenakis—flourished in the western foothills for millennia before the arrival of Europeans."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… the not remote past, served as a highway for the Abenakis.” (The Sandy River & Its Valley, Vincent York) Although the early Indian settlements were…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Early Settlement While members of the Abenaki lived seasonally in the area of Bath, no permanent Native American villages occupied the site."